In which I am tagged and I tag others
Matt Crandall has asked me:
“What motivated you to start looking into Anarchist/Libertarian thought?”
While there are a number of things I could point to that predisposed me towards libertarianism early on, there was a certain specific point at which I became consciously libertarian. That point was my initial exposure to libertarianism as a consistent ideology. All of my ideological development (and wrong turns!) since then have proceeded from the basic principles explained in this one book.
I found that book while wandering through a public library in 1990 looking, as was my occasional habit, for interesting stuff to read. I picked it up out of idle curiousity. I read it and thereby had almost my entire worldview pumped out and replaced. Life ever since has been sort of like getting shot out of a cannon. Continuously. Non-stop. For over seventeen years.
This is that book:
For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto [free PDF document — purchase hardcopy — MP3 audio downloads]
Let’s tag Wally Conger, Sunni Maravillosa and Logan.
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At last, a worthwhile meme, and delightfully free of rules! Thanks for the tag, Brad; here’s my response.
Thank you!